Seriously, is this a joke?

The 25th Anniversary DVD artwork is just awful. Gandhi looks dead (or at least dozed off) on the DVD. This is really unfortunate and inexplicable, for such an award-winning film. This is one of the worst DVD covers ever: I’m simply stunned this got approved…which makes it a natural for the Revized treatment.

Forest Whitaker is one of my favorite actors. While The Last King Of Scotland wasn’t exactly an excellent film, Mr Whitaker himself was excellent, and well-deserving of the Oscar for Best Actor. Creative Impact Agency’s poster is a striking example of graphic design, but the “Idi Amin triplets” treatment on the DVD is just plain ridiculous. The co-lead, James McAvoy, is nowhere to be seen on the box. Ah, marketing. Here’s a Revized look at how reducing CIA’s brilliant poster art to the DVD would’ve been way too easy (and smart).

Big Star’s 3rd / Sister Lovers is one of my favorite albums of all time, a cornerstone album in alternative rock’s history. But I was thoroughly disappointed with the exceptionally poor reissue CD cover from Ryko, a bad mix of weak typography and stock photo. Here’s my quick take on it.